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64 2 or 3-sided, roofed-over affairs of gedek Zaini is interested in the Pekerti bamboo splitter which I described to him the day of our visit was hari pasaram so no one was working other industries in the village are: 1 shell craft enterprise (kulit kerang) (see above bk 10, p90) 10 tomang (lime kilns) villagers grow a little tobacco, but mostly raise ketela pohon (tree cassava) & corn [[left margin]] KERING (also GIRING) [[/left margin]] next stopped by a rather large furniture enterprise in desa Kering, kec. Manding (see above p 49) - enterprise we visited owned by Pak Buradin; at time of our visit making tables, chairs, lemaris for SD Inpres not sure of spelling of village name - Gering or Giring might be closer in Pak Buradin's enterprise are 9 boys working borongan - they get paid 2000Rp for completing 65 1 school desk & chair set (meja & bengko) visited a 2nd enterprise where 3 boys/men were also making school furniture were told that all the other carpenters in Gering work individually (secara perseorangan) - wait till "called" (dipangil) - Gering is well-known in the region as a village with many carpenters - usually only "called" to work in Sumenep & the small islands nearby - occasionally do merantau farther afield, however Buradins boys get 1 meal a day if working borongan harian workers get 3 meals a day after Buradin's school contract is over his boys will be on their own again if get work in town paid harian 1000 - 1250Rp a day woods used by Gering carpenters are local jati & akasia jati must be bought at auction from forestry dept & current price is ±40,000Rp per M3 for medium